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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Svetlana Kuznetsova took another step forward in her comeback from a right knee injury.
Kuznetsova beat Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-1, in Wednesday's opening round of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Kuznetsova, twice a Grand Slam champion and two times a runner-up in this $10 million event, did not play following Wimbledon last season due to the injury and the former world No. 2 was ranked No. 85 on January 6. She is No. 46 now thanks in large part to quarterfinal showings at Sydney, Australia, and in the Australian Open and can continue her climb with a win over No. 18 Jelena Jankovic in the second round.
"I haven't played her for years and it's going to be a very interesting match,'' said Kuznetsova, a Russian who is living in Dubai. "I remember that her down-the-line backhand was quite good and normally her movement was good, but I haven't seen her play for a while, so we'll see how it goes.
"I'm happy to be back on the court, this is the main thing. Every day I just try the best I can and things are coming along pretty well. I feel really balanced within myself, which is important. I actually have my dog here in Indian Wells, which is great! I'm a happy person, I do my favorite job and we're here in this nice place with a lovely view and great weather. I think it's everything we need!''
In contrast to Kuznetsova, opening day wasn't a good day for the Americans. Mallory Burdette, a 22-year-old qualifier from Macon, Ga., was the only one of the quartet in action early Wednesday to advance to the second round, and she did it by beating another American, 38-year-old Jill Craybas, 6-3, 6-1.
Vania King, 24, started well by winning a first-set tiebreaker from Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain, but the Spanish Olympian rolled through the next two sets for a 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1 win. Lauren Davis, a 19-year-old Floridian, was a 6-2, 6-0 loser to 21-year-old Simona Halep of Romania.
Americans Christina McHale, Grace Min and Maria Sanchez played later in the day with McHale, at No. 48, meeting No. 50 Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria in one of the potentially closest matches.
Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan, No. 93, sprang the first upset of the tournament by toppling Nol. 42 Jie Zheng of China, 6-1, 6-2. Johanna Larson of Sweden, Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa and Olga Govortsova of Belarus were other first day winners.
The women's first round continues and the men's first round gets underway Thursday. All 32 seeded players in both the men's and women's fields have opening round byes.
Victoria Azarenka and Novak Djokovic are the reigning champions. Djokovic, a perfect 12-0 this year, is seeking his third straight Indian Wells title.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - It's back to the drawing board for the Tennessee Tech soccer team after it opened its season with a 4-0 loss to Middle Tennessee last Friday. The Golden Eagles prepare for a pair of games this coming weekend, as Tech will host UT Chattanooga on Aug. 28, before visiting Radford on Aug. 30.
"This whole week we've been calling it football practice because we all have black and blue marks all over our bodies," said junior captain Brooke Mayo. "We've been getting a lot more physical with each other, then making up after practice."
Tech started eight freshmen against the Blue Raiders in the season opener, and at times it showed. Coach Becky Fletcher hopes the young team will grow up quickly on the field.
"I think a lot of them had the first-game jitters," Fletcher said. "This week everybody is focused on improving the areas they weren't successful in last week."
Leigh Heffner was one of the freshmen who earned a starting spot, and is looking forward to getting back on the playing field to show what she learned during her first collegiate match.
"It's a lot more physical than I was expecting. After this week's practices I know what to expect," Heffner said. "A lot of the freshmen were really nervous for that game. We really lacked in communication, and we need to learn how to pick each other up. I'm ready to pick up the pace and I'm excited to push myself. A lot of us felt like we didn't do as well as we can, and we're excited to go out there and show what we are really capable of doing."
But The Golden Eagles don't have an easy task ahead of them. UT Chattanooga had Tech's number a year ago, as the Mocs stole a 1-0 decision from Tech in Chattanooga in 2008. UT-C finished 5-14-1 in 2008, and will open its 2009 season on Friday at Tech Soccer Field.
"We need to play more for each other rather than individually," said senior defender Brittany Rogers. "As a back line we need to create more opportunities up top, because we didn't the last game, and that makes it hard to generate offense."
Tech will go on the road for the first time in 2009 when it travels to Radford, Va. The Highlanders posted an impressive 14-2-6 record in 2008, and look to be a factor again this season.
"Radford is good," Fletcher said. "They were picked to win the Big South this year, so we know they're going to be a tough team."
The trip to Radford will kick off a seven-game road trip for the Golden Eagles. After Friday's match, Tech won't play in Cookeville again until Sept. 25.
"Being on the road is going to bring us together," Mayo said. "We're playing a lot of really tough teams, so it's going to give us a test. If were successful then, we should be successful throughout the rest of the season."
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You know what, Bendis? Fair enough.
Let me get this out of the way. Age of Ultron is one of the most audaciously awful comic books I've read in a very long time. It's everything that's wrong with the comics industry today. Terrible decompression. Characters written willy nilly to suit a story that was written from the ending backwards. Ridiculous hype for what is sure to be a nonsensical ending involving a character no one cares about that purports to "change the comics universe forever" or "rock the Marvel universe to its foundations" or some bullshit like that but which will fail to deliver on that front. Black Panther tripping down a flight of steps and dying. Wolverine Mary Sue-ism worse than a Jason Aaron book. A comic that was written like two years ago delayed due to all the Dilbertesque corporate comic industry shenanigans that cause a comic book to come out when the rest of the line has gone through two or three status-quo shattering events since it was written. It's just a bad comic.
And you might think, what a way to kick off a review of Uncanny X-Men #6, by talking a lot of shit about Age of Ultron. But I feel it's important to get that out there because, in reading Uncanny X-Men tonight, I feel like I finally understand "The Great One" Brian Bendis. Because Bendis didn't earn the nickname "The Great One" by writing awful comics like Age of Ultron, even though he does have a reputation among certain crowds for writing comics like it.
He's done a lot of good work. I love Powers. When it comes out. It seems like he'll start off strong with a relaunch of the book, then kind of fade out and all of a sudden it's three months late or its not being published anymore. Then another relaunch, repeat. Avengers Disassembled, House of M, these were books where stuff happened, where Bendis' writing was inspired and innovative, and which really changed things in the Marvel Universe and opened the possibilities for a lot of great storytelling, Look at Dark Avengers and the whole Dark Reign era. Those were some great comics, and Bendis was largely responsible.
At the same time, you had the things that drive people nuts about Bendis creeping in. The Avengers fighting The Hood and ninjas over and over again. Increasingly more ridiculous decompression. Whole issues where people just said "the hell?!" to each other for twenty-two pages.
Just as "The Great One" can be "Great," like anyone else, he has a dark side as well. And when one has as powerful and creative a "good" side as "The Great One" Brian Bendis, universal balance dictates that there must be an equally horrendous "bad" side.
Uncanny X-Men, and its companion book, All-New X-Men (or is it the other way around) is like purified, concentrated Bendis greatness. The core X-Men franchise is as compelling, as exciting, as when Chris Claremont was writing it, and I don't say that lightly, because Claremont is the greatest of all time. X-Men is as good or better than it was when Morrison was writing it. And that's almost entirely because of Bendis and what he's doing in these two books.
Bendis took an X-Men franchise that was seriously damaged by the character assasination of Avengers vs. X-Men and he healed it spectacularly. Scott Summers is a better character than he's ever been, and, like the Phoenix reborn, he rose from the shitty ashes of that craptacular event, under Bendis' care and guidance, and is unpredictable again. Dynamic. Must-see.
Not getting into all of the plot threads going on in All New X-Men, in Uncanny X-Men we've got a book about Cyclops, Magneto, Magick, and Emma Frost, with both powers and psyches damaged by the events of AvX, the Phoenix Force, and the death of Charles Xavier. Their powers are broken, not functioning properly, but their relationships with each other are as well. And their (and the mutant race's) relationships with the world.
We've seen that on display for the first five issues of this book. We've seen intrigue and betrayal, we've seen the team barely holding things together while putting on a brave and threatening face to the world. They're defying the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Wolverine's team of X-Men, but it still feels like things could fall apart at any second, like disaster is waiting around the corner.
In Uncanny X-Men #6, this idea is firing on all cylinders. The team is trapped in Limbo as the Dread Dormannu makes a play to take control of the dimension from Magick. They've got some brand new mutants with them, inexperienced and feeling like they might be in over their heads. They're pretty screwed. But the team pulls together here, once again finding the strength to fight against ridiculously overwhelming odds, and do it with style and confidence (in the case of the new mutants, artificial, but in the case of Scott, Magneto, and Emma, who each showed leadership and coolness under pressure in the battle).
Why? Because they're the X-Men, and that's what the X-Men do. In the face of staggering, depressing opposition, they fight anyway. It's what superheroes do. I think the comics industry forgets that sometimes, while they're too busy having supeheroes fight each other in laughably clumsy attempts to be metaphors for simplistic political and philosophical debates. But not here. Bendis knows how to write the goddamn X-Men.
And Frazer Irving knows how to draw the goddamn X-Men. The art in this issue is amazing. I don't know if I've ever seen anyone convey anguish on the face of comic book characters as well as Irving does in this issue on, well, all of the X-Men, who are going through an admittedly anguishing period. The art and particularly the colors set the tone in every scene.
I know that's something everyone says about every book, but, here, it means something. It's not just Dormannu's head who's on fire here, it's the whole fucking page. When Scott lets his optic blast loose, the panels literally light up. It's wild. When Irving does a splash page of the Mindless Ones closing in on the X-Men, there's an incredible sense of depth as the cavernous, fiery Limbo opens up, and you can actually spend a few moments exploring it. When Dazzler is revealed at the end as the newest agent of Shield, she's glowing. It's just totally cool.
And the way the book ends is cool too. The X-Men have just launched into battle, Dazzler has joined the team, and Maria Hill, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., is wondering: Who are the good guys? What are they planning? What is going on? How can she help? Who should she help? What's going to happen?
The beauty is, I don't know. For the first time in a very long time, the future is wide open for the X-Men. I believe anything can happen, and I'm actually excited for it. Not skeptical. Not cynical. I'm all in.
And how is this possible? How is the man who's writing Age of Ultron writing this book?
The answer is in the question. This book is so great *because* Age of Ultron is so awful. Bendis isn't trying to balance himself out. Like Scott Summers' optic blast, "The Great One" is unleashing every bad tendency he's got in Age of Ultron, just getting it all out there in an orgasm of bullshit comics. And as a result, Bendis' X-Men is shaping up to be one of the greatest runs of all times.
So you know what, Bendis? Fair enough. Everyone needs a process, and if this is what it takes... I'll buy five copies of Age of Ultron if it's gonna result in Uncanny X-Men.
Because I get it. I understand. And I love it.
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by S.F. Jude Terror » Thu May 23, 2013 10:53 amTL;DR
by Zero » Thu May 23, 2013 11:19 amThe art in these issues has been amazing. Great facial expressions and bizarre colours and shapes all over the shop.
by Punchy » Fri May 24, 2013 7:22 amAnother excellent issue of X-Men from Bendis, I've said if before and I'll say it again, switching to this franchise has revitalised him. This issue focuses on 3 different plotlines. The first introduces us to a new mutant, David from Atlanta, who seems to be able to psychically control cars, or maybe all machinery. It's been a long time since we've had new mutants, so the more the merrier really!
We also of course follow up on the X-Men, who have been sucked into Limbo by Magik and are caught in the crossfire of her battle with Dormammu. I always love it when Cyclops takes off his visor and goes full-bore on someone with his lasers, it's almost as good as when Black Bolt speaks, and Bendis delivered a great example of that here. I also really liked the panic in the new students, how they didn't know what was happening at all, and how scared they were. This makes it even better when the Stepford Cuckoos over-step their bounds and psychically make every X-Man fearless, in a great scene. I really loved how Frazer Irving drew the Cuckoos, they are very creepy, that one panel where they are stood right behind each other and you see their eyes poking out of the gaps in the hair was very effective in getting across their hive-mind. Irving is just a great fit for this story, especially the Limbo parts, his style is the perfect amount of kooky and atmospheric.
The third element of this story is SHIELD. Maria Hill is tired of chasing after the various Mutant factions that she doesn't truly understand, to do this she wants a Mutant on her side. Who does she turn to? Dazzler! Oh yes, it's Dazzler: Agent Of SHIELD. It sounds ridiculous, but to me it's awesome, Bendis is taking one of the lamest-powered (yet also most popular, go figure) X-Men, and making them into something all-new. I am loving this development, and I want a Dazzler: Agent Of SHIELD mini-series right now!
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:07 pmHurm. Buying 5 copies of Age Of Ultron will result in more Ages Of Ultrons, not more Uncanny X-Men.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:14 pm
I was un an altered state of mind when I wrote this.
by Draco x » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:20 pmInteresting cover art.
by guitarsmashley » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:49 pmI wonder if Jesse Maurice Newcomb will come back around since we've had a dazzler sighting.
by BubbaKanoosh » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:05 pmI keep forgetting Magneto is bald.
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Atomic core and packages
Posted 13 January 2012 - 11:01 PM
Posted 17 January 2012 - 04:44 PM
But some problems with the current Yii structure arise, when thinking about package management.
Usually a package manager deploys the files into a single directory, in case of composer it's 'vendor' by default.
Currently components, modules, commands, themes and widgets reside in different places across your application, I think with the current config options you'd not be able to customize an app in a way, that it would be able to handle modules, widgets and themes from a common parent directory.
But in general, where should Yii's package manager place the files?
... when thinking about it, can modules be configured to run from outside 'modules'? But nevertheless the issue still applies for themes and commands.
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Posted 19 January 2012 - 03:51 AM
Composer is a shiny new tool from the Symfony community, which aims to fix the dependency hell that we have right now in Symfony2. Also, Composer will become the core dependency manager for Symfony 2.1 when it's released. But you don't need to wait until then - you can use it for your Symfony 2.0 projects too. And today we'll show you how.
A detailed blog posting about composer and Symfony2
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 07:02 AM
<url value="http://blablabla" />
<type value="widget" />
<copy todir="ext.blabla" />
Well ... If yii users start to use phing we can do something like that (this is my build.xml for Myii project):
<target name="extensions">
<echo msg="clean extensions directory" />
<exec command="rm -rf dist/app/protected/extensions/*" />
<foreach list="lyiightbox, queryii, scrolltop" param="module" target="install-module">
<property name="module-name" value="${module}" />
<target name="install-module">
<exec command="wget https://github.com/s.../zipball/master --directory-prefix=dist/app/protected/extensions/"/>
<unzip file="dist/app/protected/extensions/master" todir="dist/app/protected/extensions/">
<fileset dir=".">
<include name="master"/>
<exec command="rm -rf dist/app/protected/extensions/master" />
And phing automatically can download extensions from yii site and then install them inside our application.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 07:01 AM
it work!
Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:58 AM
Can't it be done using regular Yaml or JSON ?
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:22 AM
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:25 AM
All your application use some extensions? Every time you download them? Well..: you can schedule all task, and create a phing file (build.xml) that will do all the task in one single command. Is like yiic. But yiic stay to yii like phing stay to php.
I have a phing command the rewrite database permission. So, if i need to install my application in a database called "dbjacmoe" with user "jac" and password "moe" i do this:
$ phing database
Database name [dbtest]?
Database username [dbuser]?
Database password [dbpassword]?
I do not open any file. Phing do this for me.
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:41 AM
Does Phing require shell access?
That could be a problem on some hosts.
How will it handle upgrades?
And migrations?
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:52 AM
Posted 29 February 2012 - 08:59 AM
$ pear channel-discover pear.phing.org
$ pear install phing/phing
Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:08 AM
That way, you don't need to mess around with a PEAR repository in a central location.
Doesn't seem to have a Pyrus package, but it can be installed as stand-alone, so it's great.
Posted 02 March 2012 - 04:18 AM
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 04:27 AM
But what is a Github service hook, and why would you want to make use of it?
Posted 02 March 2012 - 05:13 AM
See also: http://groups.google...8f86aea57?hl=en
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Posted 07 March 2012 - 05:47 PM
Needed to test this.
Just a plain skeleton app with one dead simple unit test taken from the first yii book. Took me a while to figure out how to configure dependencies, but now it works and they run unit tests for me whenever I commit something (using different php and different yii versions).
As a side note, looks like symfony is already using this service:
Posted 22 March 2012 - 11:45 AM
I also like the idea of separating the core code from other, somehow secondary, parts like AR or Zii. Maybe one just needs to build a JSON API thus a widget like Zii would be useless there. I know that, just being there, does not affect the performance in any way but it is nicer and cleaner to have only what you need.
Thinking at where the packages would be downloaded/stored - would this be next to the framework, like official Widgets and AR classes are now or in the "extensions" folder of each Yii application? I think the answer is open to debate. While packages like AR, database drivers and widgets could sit nicely next to the framework files, packages with modules would better be in the "extensions" folder of the application.
I agree with @samdark that it would be helpful if the framework would also come in a "core only" package. A feature of the download page allowing users to get what packages they need at the download time, just like JQuery UI does, would be great.


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Fox's "Titanic" and UIP's "Tomorrow Never Dies" provided much of the action at the Christmas box office overseas, with occasional sparkles provided by such newcomers as "In & Out" and "Flubber."
The good cheer even spread to "Spice World: The Movie" (cume: $4.2 million), which after a less than spicy start to its foreign campaign last week, crooned to the top spot in the U.K. with $3.8 million from 483 sites.
UIP's "Tomorrow Never Dies" has hit $77.1 million after just three frames, buoyed by good holds in the U.K. ($17.7 million), France ($12.9 million) and Germany ($16 million), while rising (like many other titles) 10% in Spain ($3.9 million) and 60% in Holland ($2.6 million).
The 18th Bond grabbed $2.5 million from 198 Oz screens (25% ahead of its predecessor, "Goldeneye") for the No. 2 spot behind "Titanic" (which rose 9% in its second frame for a local cume of $5.5 million), but ahead of "Flubber" (cume: $7.2 million), which posted BVI's biggest live-action bow in Oz, laffing $1.2 million from 229 prints (22% higher than "Ransom"), no doubt helped by a publicity visit by star Robin Williams.
Scott Rudin's comedy "In & Out" (cume: $4.9 million) also had an excellent turn Down Under, outing $741,180 from 154 houses (while also laffing $210,000 and $23,665 from 46 Argentinian and four Uruguayan sites, respectively). Also in Oz, Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm" swung a good $96,360 from 17 arthouse locales, behind $187,440 from 21 houses for "Her Majesty Mrs. Brown" (cume: $4.5 million).
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"Tomorrow Never Dies" also nabbed $2.1 million from 133 screens in Italy (12% ahead of "Goldeneye"), which while good, continues the trend of local fare outperforming the big Hollywood guns. Italo tragi-comedy "Life Is Beautiful" nabbed a whopping $15.6 million from 496 screens in 11 days, while time travel yarn "Adrift in Time — The Adventure Continues" thrilled $8.2 million in two laps from 320 sites and comedy "Three Men and a Leg" grossed $1.5 million from 50 prints in its first lap.
Pierce Brosnan's James Bond also grabbed a huge $1.4 million from 41 Singapore screens and posted the biggest opener ever in Malaysia with $1.5 million from 66 sites (195% ahead of "Goldeneye"), while hosting the biggest Bond bow ever in New Zealand with $311,571 from 40 houses, ahead of $124,000 from 39 screens for "Flubber," which splattered $269,000 from 50 screens in Argentina (29% greater than "Toy Story").
'Titanic' afloat
Fox's "Titanic" has done swinmmingly with $25.9 million after just two weeks on the foreign circuit. Pic bowed in the No. 1 spot in Thailand, its ninth port of call, with $539,660 from 100 cinemas, while retaining the top spot in most markets, including Japan (cume: $11.6 million), where BVI's "Air Force One" (cume: $124.8 million), "Men in Black" (cume: $313 million) and "Seven Years in Tibet" (cume: $38 million) held well.
Christmas spirit even hit Fox's "Home Alone 3" (27 nation cume: $4.6 million), which after being routed in a disastrous string of Euro preems last frame notched a few happy moments, including the top spot in Indonesia ($220,460 from 61 sites) and $287,850 from 53 Norwegian theaters. But Denmark was tepid ($74,437 from 40), while pic was swept aside in South Africa ($131,821 from 50) by Sony's "My Best Friend's Wedding" (cume: $127.5 million), which charmed its way into the top spot with $296,885 from 62 houses.
UIP's "The Jackal" (cume: $9.3 million) shot great bows in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, with $576,456, $1.2 million and $953,656 from 42, 125 and 155 prints, respectively, while Fox's "Anastasia" (11-nation cume: $6.4 million) tooned up $819,792 from 193 prints in Brazil. Animated musical posted Fox's second biggest bows ever (after "Independence Day") and the best animated preems in history in Peru and Boliva, with $127,057 and $36,614 from 20 and three screens, respectively. "Seven Years in Tibet," took in $34,650 and $10,050 from 11 Peruvian and two Bolivian prints, respectively.
"Tibet" continued its string of good bows in non-English lingo markets, including $147,520, $90,807 and $66,948 from 25 Columbian, 25 Venezuelan and 10 Chilean prints, respectively.
Warner's "The Devil's Advocate" (cume: $7.2 million) took $383,596 from 100 screens in Mexico and $70,365 from 15 prints in Finland, while "L.A. Confidential" (cume: $29.8 million) rose strongly across Europe.
BVI's "George of the Jungle" (cume: $34.1 million) swung $260,000 from 52 Swedish screens, while "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (cume: $6 million) screamed $1,840 from two screen in Lithuania, that nation's first horror release.


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"Bomb Obama!" he said repeatedly. "Get rid of him," he told the cameraman. "I've had a number of people in the...when he gets in the White House...(mimicks the sound of a gun firing)." The exchange was reported to Pottsville police and the Secret Service. Pottsville Police Captain Richard Wojciechowsky reportedly said it "did not sound serious."
"I'd never vote for a black man," said a Democratic McCain supporter. "[I don't] want to sound racist here," said another participant, "but I do not want a black man running my country."
"Catholics must not vote for Obama," a protest sign read. "They will be ex-communicated from the Catholic Church."
TVNL Comment: This nation does not need a revolution...it needs a civil war!


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WrestleZone Forums - Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to the Official WrestleZone Forums FAQ. In here you can find answers to the most common questions we receive. We ask that if you have a question, you search this thread first before asking on the open boards. Click a subject in the Table of Contents to jump to the explanation.
Table of Contents
1. I have a question/problem/complaint/suggestion for the main WrestleZone.com web site. Can I post it in the forums?
2. Help! I have registered on the WrestleZone Forums, but can't post!
3. What is the definition of Spam, as defined by the WrestleZone Forums?
4. What is a Warning?
5. What is an Infraction?
6. Do Warnings or Infractions ever expire?
7. Do you allow posting links to live PPV streams?
8. What is an Avatar, and how do I get one?
9. Can I upload or link to my own Custom Avatar?
10. When can I begin creating threads?
11. How can I change my User Name?
12. Custom User Title - What is it, and where can I change it?
13. What do I need to know about Reputation?
14. What are User Ranks?
15. What are BBCodes, and which ones can I use?
16. How do I get a custom Signature and/or image to appear after my post?
17. How can I find out the dimensions of my Signature Image?
18. I have an image I would like to use as my Signature, but it is too large. What can I do?
19. How do I post videos?
20. I see some posters' Custom User Title as "Future Endeavored". What does this mean?
21. What is the difference between the "Complaint Thread" and the "Ask a Forum Question Thread"?
22. Who is on the Staff?
23. What is the difference between the Staff positions?
24. How can we tell Staff from regular members?
25. How do I become a Staff member?
26. Can you create a Forum for "X" subject?
27. How many images can I include in a post?
28. What can you tell me about the Arcade?
29. What is the WrestleZone Prison?
30. How do I enter the Bar Room?
31. How long do I have to edit my post?
32. Another poster is harassing me through PMs and Reputation. What do I do?
33. Why did a certain poster get banned?
34. Why was my thread closed and/or my post deleted?
35. Why are there so many advertisements on the WrestleZone Forums? Can I get rid of them?
36. Buddy List - What is it?
37. Ignore List - What is it?
38. How do I delete my WZ account?
39. What's the deal with Spoilers?
I have a question/problem/complaint/suggestion for the main WrestleZone.com web site. Can I post it in the forums?
The Staff members who run the WrestleZone Forums have nothing to do with the main WrestleZone web site. Any issue you would like to take up with the main WrestleZone web site, you need to find someone to contact on the main page. We have nothing to do with the main page. If you do wish to post it on the forums, please understand that the WrestleZone Forums cannot guarantee that anyone from the main site will ever look at it. Your best bet will always be to contact people on the main page.
Help! I have registered on the WrestleZone Forums, but can't post!
Most of the time this occurs, it is because you have not responded to the Validation e-mail that is sent to you when you sign up. Check your e-mail for your Validation key, and be sure to check your Junk/Spam folders as well. Please allow for up to 24 hours after registering to receive your Validation e-mail.
If your Validation e-mail never shows up, even after the 24 hour period, then there is a place at the very top of the WrestleZone Forums for non-Validated members. Post in the the appropriate thread that you have waited 24 hours and have not received your Validation e-mail, and an Administrator will try to correct the problem as soon as possible.
What is the definition of Spam, as defined by the WrestleZone Forums?
Here on the WrestleZone Forums, we have a slightly different and more strict rule on spamming. It is not simply enough to post what you think. You must also tell WHY you think what you do. It is similar to a paragraph in writing. In a paragraph, you must always have the main idea of the paragraph, and several sentences to support the idea of that paragraph. While we do not require a paragraph for every post, we do ask for more elaboration than most forums require, and do so to provide a better posting atmosphere.
Spam: "The WWE is the best."
Non-Spam: "The WWE is the best because they have a rich history of wrestling greats, from Buddy Rogers to The Undertaker, and have persistently been the most financially successful wrestling company."
The first example gives a position, but doesn't support it. The second example gives a position, and then goes on to support the position.
What is a Warning?
A Warning is simply a reminder that you haven't been following the WrestleZone Forums Rule Book, and that you need to review the rules in order to better follow them. It carries no lasting punishment or penalty, but is simply an official notice that you have violated the rules and to not do it again.
What is an Infraction?
An Infraction is a violation of the rules. Like a Warning, it is to tell the poster to pay closer attention to the rules and not break them. However, unlike a Warning, Infractions carry a penalty.
If you receive THREE Infraction points, you will be banned from the WrestleZone Forums for one week. If you come back after your week off, and receive a FOURTH Infraction point, you will be banned for two weeks. If you come back and receive your FIFTH Infraction point, you will be banned for one full year.
Do Warnings or Infractions ever expire?
Yes, some do. Warnings carry no penalty, so expiration date on them does not matter. Most of the minor Infraction penalties carry an expiration date of 60 days. After 60 days of receiving your Infraction, the point is erased from your profile, and does not count towards any possible future banning. Be advised that major Infractions never expire.
Do you allow posting links to live PPV streams?
No, we do not. Any poster who is caught posting a stream to watch a program illegally will have their post deleted, and is subject to being permanently banned. Any poster to who ASKS for an illegal stream, is subject to having their post deleted and a permanent ban.
What is an Avatar, and how do I get one?
An Avatar is an image that appears next to your User Name when you post on the WrestleZone Forums. It helps to add a bit of uniquity to an individual's profile. To equip an Avatar, go into your User CP and click on "Edit Avatar" on the left hand menu. From there you can choose one of the many Avatars provided to you by the WrestleZone Forums.
Can I upload or link to my own Custom Avatar?
As of this time, no. The WrestleZone Forums do not allow for Custom Avatars. Do not request this policy to change, as it will not.
When can I begin creating threads?
New members must wait until they have reached at least 10 non-spam posts before they are eligible to begin creating threads. Sometimes, the ability to create threads does not kick in right away once you reach your 10 posts, so you may have to wait a short period before being allowed, while the forum database catches up.
How can I change my User Name?
To change your name, first enter the "Important Site Administration" forum, at the top of the forum home page. In that forum, there will be a Name Change Request thread. In that thread, simply post what name you would like to change your screen name to.
Before you request a name change, make sure you meet both of the following criteria:
1) You have amassed at least 50 non-spam posts. This means your post count on your profile must be at least 50, or above. If you do not have a least 50 posts, your request will be denied, and disciplinary action may be taken.
2) It has been at least TWO months since your last name change. If your last name change has not been longer TWO month or longer, your request will be denied, and disciplinary action may be taken.
Once you reach 50 posts, the first requirement will always be met, so you can continue to request name changes anytime, as long as you meet the two month requirement. The 50 posts requirement is one time deal.
Custom User Title - What is it, and where can I change it?
A Custom User Title will appear under your User Name whenever you post in a thread. It is simply another way to personalize your WrestleZone Forum experience.
You can change your Custom User Title by going into the User CP. Once in the User CP, select "Edit Profile" in the left column. Find the heading for Custom User Title, and you can submit your Custom User Title there.
What do I need to know about Reputation?
On the WrestleZone Forums, we have a system to provide feedback to members on their individual posts call the Reputation system. If you come across a post that you find to be remarkably well-written and insightful, you may click the "Rep!" button at the top of their post, and tell them you approve of their comment and, if you wish, even leave a short comment explaining why you like their post. Also, if you find a post to be terrible, you may click the "Rep!" button again, and disapprove of their post.
Other facts about Reputation:
1) You may only give out a total of 10 Reps in any twenty-four hour period.
2) After you give reputation to a poster, you will not be allowed to give rep to that poster again until you have repped 10 other posters.
3) In order for the reputation you give to "count", you must have at least 10 rep points yourself, AND to have posted at least 30 times in non-spam areas.
4) Green bars on your profile represent positive reputation, and red bars represent negative reputation. Blue/Grey bars represent neutral reputation, as the poster giving you the reputation does not have any reputation power. At this time, the most green bars you can have is 11, and the most red bars you can have is 11.
5) If you give reputation, it does not take away from the total rep that you have. The reputation points that you give to other posters is as follows:
a) 1 Point of Rep Altering power for every 750 non-spam posts that you make.
b) 1 Point of Rep Altering power for every 1000 points of Reputation that you have.
What are User Ranks?
User Ranks are found beneath your Custom User Title. It is a system here on the WrestleZone Forums to display quantity of posts. It is merely for fun, to personalize the WrestleZone Forums, and you may not disable your User Rank.
Below you will find a list of the User Ranks. To achieve the next rank, your non-spam post count must reach the next level.
What are BBCodes, and which ones can I use?
BBCodes is a message board formatting language, used to maximize a message board experience. They can be used to format text, to post images and videos, to create hyperlinks, as well as many other uses. To find a list of BBCodes used on the WrestleZone Forums, and how to use them, please visit the following link: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/misc.php?do=bbcode
How do I get a custom Signature and/or image to appear after my post?
You can edit your Signature by going into the User CP, and clicking "Edit Signature" on the left side menu. Users are allowed a few lines of text and only one image in their Signature. Signature images are expected to follow the WrestleZone forum rules on Signatures. If you wish to use a signature image, copy the URL link of the image and place it between the [IMG][/IMG] tag (Example: [img]http://yourlink.com/image.jpg[/img]). Before you post an image as your Signature, please consult the WrestleZone Forums Rule Book first, to make sure you are not in violation of the rules.
How can I find out the dimensions of my Signature Image?
For most Internet Web browsers, you can Right-Click on any Image, and select "Properties". The Properties box will pop up, and will give the height x width dimensions of the image. In the most current versions of Mozilla Firefox, you can find the dimensions by right-clicking the Image and selecting "View Image Info". Please remember to check the WrestleZone Forums rule book to find the maximum allowed pixels for a Signature image.
I have an image I would like to use as my Signature, but it is too large. What can I do?
If you have an image that is too large to be a Signature image, and you do not know how to shrink the image, please visit the "Resize Your Sig" thread in the Requests sub-forum of the Digital Arts and Graphics forum. If you post your image in there, somebody might be kind enough to resize it for you.
How do I post videos?
To post YouTube videos, you will use the BBCode [youtube][/youtube] or you can use the simpler [yt][/yt].
To post videos from Dailymotion, you will use the BBCode [dm][/dm].
If you want to post videos from any other site, you will need to upload it to either YouTube or Daily Motion. At this time, the WrestleZone Forums do not accept any other video hosting web sites.
Now the question is what do you put in between those bracketed codes. Let's take a look:
If you have a YouTube URL that looks like this: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zldHoEaolhs", then you need to take the "zldHoEaolhs" part of the URL and put it in between the YouTube BBCode. So, to post that video, it would look like this when you enter it as a post.
Dailymotion is a little more difficult, but the premise is the same. If your Dailymotion URL is "http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/steve+austin+beer+truck/video/x9679v_steve-austin-drives-a-beer-truck-in_sport", you want to take the seemingly random set of letters and numbers that appear together, in this case "x9679v". You then put this letter/number combination in the Dailymotion BBCode.
I see some posters' Custom User Title as "Future Endeavored". What does this mean?
This means a poster has been banned. They may be banned for a week, two weeks, one year, or permanently. Anytime you see "Future Endeavored" in the Custom User Title, this means a poster is banned.
What is the difference between the "Complaint Thread" and the "Ask a Forum Question Thread"?
The Complaint thread is the opportunity for posters who have recently received a Warning or Infraction they feel is unjustified to RESPECTFULLY bring up the issue. If you wish to have your Infraction reviewed, you do it in the Complaint Thread. All WrestleZone Forums complaints go in the Complaint Thread.
The Ask a Forum Question thread is a place to ask questions about the WrestleZone Forums, that is not a Complaint. If you wish to ask how something works, or why something is done the way it is, you bring it up in the Ask a Question thread. Do NOT ask a question that is already covered in the Rule Book or the FAQ. Doing so may result in disciplinary action.
Complaint Thread = Make Complaints about the forum
Ask a Forum Question = Satisfy a curiosity
Who is on the Staff?
To find out who is on the WrestleZone forums Staff, please visit this link: http://forums.wrestlezone.com/showgroups.php
What is the difference between the Staff positions?
Moderators: Are able to infract anywhere, but can only moderate posts and threads in their section.
Global Moderators: Are able to moderate discussion anywhere. They can infract anywhere. They have the ability to ban and unban posters when necessary, and can alter parts of a User's profile, such as Signatures, Avatars, and Reputations.
Administrators: Can moderate and infract anywhere. Can issue bans, both on posters and on a poster's IP address. Can alter any part of a User's profile. Can put posters in the WrestleZone Prison. The Administrators are the top level of Staff on the WrestleZone Forums.
How can we tell Staff from regular members?
Each level of the Staff have their own unique formatting on their User Name.
Moderators: They are defined by having a Bold User Name.
Global Moderators: They are defined by having a Bold and Underlined User Name.
Administrators: They are defined by have an Bold Italicized User Name.
How do I become a Staff member?
There is no set application or criteria for becoming a Staff member. When the current Staff feels the need to add a new member, they discuss it amongst themselves and decide upon the poster they feel is the best candidate for the particular job. The only thing regular members can do is show they are a quality poster and can get along with others. After that, it is all up to the Staff.
Can you create a Forum for "X" subject?
Forums are created based upon the popularity of a subject. Since this is a wrestling forum, making a separate forum for Elephants is highly unlikely to happen. We will create forums for subjects when we feel there is a demand for it. And no, we will not create a forum for various types of Pornography.
How many images can I include in a post?
You may include up to, but no more than, five images in any one post. This includes linked images and smiley emoticons. And before it is asked, no we will not increase the number of images.
What can you tell me about the Arcade?
The Arcade is a place where members can go and play games while they are on the WrestleZone Forums. You can find the Arcade by clicking the link on the navigation bar near the top of the forum page. At this time, we are NOT able to provide more games for the Arcade, so please do not ask.
What is the WrestleZone Prison?
From time to time, the WrestleZone Forums will encounter posters who seem to desire to cause more mischief than contribution. Those posters may be put in the WrestleZone Prison and confined to posting in that section only. The purpose of the Prison is to give these posters one last chance to show that they wish to remain on the WrestleZone Forums. If, during their Prison sentence, they demonstrate that they can act right and contribute, they will be released and will be free to post every where on the WrestleZone Forums. If they do not demonstrate a willingness to quit causing mischief, then they will be banned from the WrestleZone Forums.
When a poster is put in Prison, they may receive a Prison sentence, or they may be sentenced indefinitely. For a poster to show willingness to be apart of the WrestleZone Forums, they must try to create discussion in the Prison, as well as follow the WrestleZone Forums rules when posting. Other members of the WrestleZone Forums are allowed to come into the Prison to antagonize the Prisoner, taunting and insulting as they see fit. If a poster can keep a cool head, and provide good contribution, then they will be released.
How do I enter the Bar Room?
You can enter the Bar Room by clicking on the forum link and, the first time you enter, inputting the password "123456ab". We require you to enter a password so you understand you are voluntarily entering a forum which has very few rules and could offend you.
How long do I have to edit my post?
You may edit your post for up to 10 minutes after you originally submit it.
Another poster is harassing me through PMs and Reputation. What do I do?
If another poster is constantly harassing you, please contact a Staff member through PM about your problem. If it is PM harassment, please forward the harassing PMs to the Staff member. If it is reputation harassment, please let us know who the offending member is. The Staff will check into the situation and deal with it as they see fit.
Why did a certain poster get banned?
The short answer is because he or she broke the rules. That is all the Staff is required to say.
Why was my thread closed and/or my post deleted?
The reason your thread was closed, or your post was deleted is because a Staff member felt it was unnecessary and/or violated the WrestleZone Forums Rule Book. Re-posting the same thread or post may result in further disciplinary action.
Why are there so many advertisements on the WrestleZone Forums? Can I get rid of them?
Advertisements exist so the WrestleZone Forums can continue to be brought to you for free. Having advertisements help make back the significant money it costs to run a vBulletin forum.
If you wish to block those advertisements from distracting you during your forum visit, I suggest downloading Mozilla Firefox Internet Web Browser, and the Ad-block Plus add-on for Firefox.
Buddy List - What is it?
The Buddy List allows you to keep track of posters on the WrestleZone Forums that you enjoy. The Buddy List allows you to see when your Buddies are online, and make it easier to send them a Private Message. As of this time, there are no additional advantages to the Buddy List system. You can find your Buddy List by first going into the User CP, and then clicking on the left menu where it says "Buddy/Ignore Lists".
Ignore List - What is it?
The Ignore List allows you to hide messages from people you do not wish to read. In a thread, the people on your Ignore List will show up as a hidden message, allowing you to skip over what they have written. If you feel a certain poster is harassing you, or simply annoys you, then put them on your Ignore List. You can find the Ignore List in the same place as the Buddy List.
How do I delete my WZ account?
You cannot delete your account. Additionally, the Staff of the WrestleZone Forums will never delete your account, so please do not ask.
What's the deal with Spoilers?
A spoiler is any information that will happen in the future that is not already common knowledge. For example, revealing the results of a taped episode of WWE Smackdown before the show airs would be considered a spoiler. The posting of spoilers is not allowed on the WZ Forums, with the ONLY exception being the Bar Room (and please put any Bar Room spoilers in the spoiler tags). For the sake of clarity, and because of the locations of the primary wrestling promotions discussed on this board, the WrestleZone Forums will go by the American schedule of television programming. If it has not aired on television in America, it is considered a spoiler.
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SOURCE: Mentor Graphics Corporation
November 18, 2010 09:00 ET
WILSONVILLE, OR--(Marketwire - November 18, 2010) - Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in high-performance system verification solutions, today announced that Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, has further expanded its use of the Veloce® hardware emulation platform for the system-level validation of its next-generation Networking Systems-on-Chip (SoC) for High-Bandwidth switch applications.
"We continuously evaluate design verification methods to enable delivery of the highest quality product to our customers in the shortest possible time," said Neil Kim, executive vice president, Operations and Central Engineering, Broadcom Corporation. "After a rigorous on-site evaluation, we concluded the Veloce platform's combined strength to perform in-circuit emulation and transaction-based acceleration empowers us to achieve robust system validation."
The Veloce platform with dual mode accelerator and emulator provides high performance for both transaction-based verification and traditional in-circuit emulation (ICE). With an extensive portfolio of both physical and virtual vertical market solutions, the Veloce platform is the platform of choice for multimedia, networking, wireless, and embedded systems applications.
"Broadcom challenged us to improve their functional verification effectiveness," said Eric Selosse, Mentor Emulation Division vice president and general manager. "Their inspiration drove us to develop new iSolve™ networking solutions for in-circuit emulation. We also partnered with their protocol test vendor to engineer virtual networking traffic generation, leveraging our Testbench Xpress transaction-based acceleration technology. We look forward to continued collaboration with Broadcom to advance the state-of-the-art in design verification of Networking switch solutions."
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The Chicago Cubs signed Dominican SS Daniel Sanchez to a deal that is believed to have a six-figure signing bonus, Baseball America's Ben Badler reports. Sanchez is a right-handed hitter with a projectable 6-foot-2, 170-pound frame with above-average raw power. He's an average runner with a solid-average arm.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
— Brammer France SAS, owned by U.S. private equity firm Advent International, to acquire machine parts supplier Industrial Parts Holding (approved Aug. 25)
— Irish agribusiness company ABP Food Group to acquire an additional stake in Linden Foods Limited, active in the slaughtering and processing of beef and ovine animals (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29)
— 3M to buy Johnson Controls' safety gear unit Scott Safety for $2 billion (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29)
— Private equity group Triton to take joint control over Dutch mechanical and electrical engineering services provider Unica Groep (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29/simplified)
— Swiss asset manager Partners Group to buy UK software firm Civica for 1 billion pounds ($1.29 billion) (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29/simplified)
— French dairy company Groupe Lactalis to acquire German peer Omira (notified July 26/deadline Aug. 31)
— Television holding groups ProSiebenSat.1 Media of Germany, France's TV group TF1 and Mediaset with networks in Italy and Spain to establish a joint venture selling advertising space (notified July 27/deadline Sept. 1/simplified)
— Pamplona Capital to acquire biopharmaceutical company Parexel (notified Aug. 1/deadline Sept. 6/simplified)
— General Electric Company and global investments provider Macquarie Corporate Holdings to acquire joint control of Markbygden ETT AB, an onshore wind farm project in Sweden (notified Aug. 3/deadline Sept. 8/simplified)
— Cinven Capital Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to acquire joint control of GTA Travel Holding Ltd (notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 11)
— French banking group BNP Paribas Group to acquire sole control of PEH Milan Holdco S.r.l, thus establishing joint control of the latter's two hotels in Italy with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, a subsidiary of Marriott International, which manages the hotels (notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 11/simplified)
— Telecommunications infrastructure maintenance company CTDI GmbH, jointly controlled by Communication Test Design, Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG, to acquire EMEA electronics repair business of Regenersis Services Ltd. from CTDI Inc., changing current sole control to joint control via CTDI GmbH (notified Aug. 7/deadline Sept. 12/simplified)
— Private equity group Bridgepoint and Credit Mutuel Arkea to establish joint control of French asset manager Groupe Primonial (notified Aug. 7/deadline Sept. 12/simplified)
— Norwegian-based DNB Bank ASA and Swedish Nordea Bank AB to establish a joint venture concerning their banking activities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania(notified Aug. 9/deadline Sept. 14)
— Investment firm Centerbridge Partners L.P. and Enel Green Power Hellas S.A. to create a jointly controlled wind farm venture in Greece (notified Aug. 10/deadline Sept. 15/simplified)
— Private equity firms CVC and PAI Partners to acquire the rest of Spanish retailer Cortefiel (notified Aug. 11/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)
— China Investment Corporation to acquire European warehouse firm Logicor (notified Aug. 16/deadline Sept. 20/simplified)
— Buyout group KKR to acquire Dutch car park operator Q-Park (notified Aug. 16/deadline Sept. 20/simplified)
— Italian eyewear maker Luxottica and French lens manufacturer Essilor to merge in 46 bln-euro deal (notified Aug. 22/deadline Sept. 26)
— French reinsurance company Scor to acquire MutRe, a French company involved in the reinsurance of companies' insurance policies (notified Aug. 22/deadline Sept. 26/simplified)
— Swedish real estate company Fastighets AB Balder to buy shares in Serena Properties, jointly owned by Finnish pension fund Varma (notified Aug. 23/simplified/deadline Sept. 27)
— VCI ventures, a subsidiary of VW credit to acquire joint control of AutoGravity with DA Investments, subsidiary of Daimler (notified Aug. 24/simplified/deadline Sept. 28)
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Tarsius pelengensis
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|Morphologically, this population appears to be distinct (Groves 2001). Acoustically, it shows many obvious superficial similarities with T. dentatus and might be related to that species (A. Nietsch and F. Burton unpubl. data). A. Nietsch (pers. comm.) nevertheless found the acoustics to be distinctive, in spite of the overall similarity.
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This species is considered Endangered as the species is known to occur only on Peleng island. Over this range it occurs in a number of fragmented populations, and a there is believed to be a continued decline in extent and quality of its habitat, and its extent of occurrence is less that 5,000 km².
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|This species is found on Peleng Island (Sody 1949), off the coast of the eastern peninsula of Sulawesi. There are unconfirmed reports that tarsiers might be present in other islands of the nearby Banggai Archipelago, and if these reports are accurate, then this would extend the range of T. pelengensis.
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Waking up at 2:30 in the morning is never fun, but there's never a day when I don't look forward to going to work as co-anchor of the FOX19 Morning News.
When I drive through Kentucky's Cut in the Hill and see Cincinnati's beautiful skyline, I feel a little like Mary Tyler Moore in the opening shot of her TV show from the 70's. To me, working in here in Cincinnati means I've made it.
I was born in Columbus, but I grew up mostly in Sidney, Ohio, just a quick drive up I-75. We used to come down for Reds games (love the Big Red Machine!) and even to get costumes for our high school drama productions.
I was educated at Ohio University's Scripps School of Journalism and still get back to Athens whenever I can. I have served as a Broadcaster in Residence, working with future newscasters and producers.
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SEATTLE — The same gelatinous sea creatures that clogged the intake at California's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant last spring have shown up this winter on the Washington coast, marine life experts say.
The harmless jellyfish-like animals are called salps.
They've been found by clam diggers and turned up in the pots of crab fishermen who have been asking what they are, said state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Dan Ayres at Montesano.
He hasn't seen them in more than 30 years and says their appearance now is unusual, but not alarming.
"I suspect these guys came from the deep ocean," Ayres said Wednesday. "Why they've been washed up is a question I can't answer."
Salps are common in the blue water off Oregon and Washington, said Rick Brodeur, an oceanographer known as the "jellyfish person" at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwest Science Center in Newport, Ore.
Salps turn up in survey nets, and their numbers vary from year to year. Their appearance on the Washington coast could mean their numbers are increasing for some reason or a current has brought them onshore.
"Sometimes fishermen bring us stuff and say, 'This is really weird,' but they just don't see them" often, Brodeur said Thursday. "It doesn't mean it's a long-term change."
Masses of salps last April off California's central coast clogged cooling water intake screens and forced operators to shut down a Diablo Canyon reactor.
"Huge numbers of salps" surprised scientists conducting a survey off central California with a trawler last May and June, said John C. Field, research fish biologist with NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center at Santa Cruz, Calif.
"No one from the survey has ever seen anything like it," Field said in an email. The weight ripped the trawler nets.
Crabber Adam Miller had never seen a salp until he pulled one aboard in early February in a crab pot off Westport.
"We were joking about it, trying to figure out what it was," he said Thursday. It looked like a jellyfish "about the size of a guy's hand. The head is hard, and it has a couple of tentacles hanging off."
Brodeur identified a photo of Miller's catch as a Thetys salp.
"This is one of the most abundant salps we catch so I am not sure it's all that unusual to get them in a crab pot," Brodeur said.
Alan Rammer is an environmental education specialist retired from the state Fish and Wildlife Department but still active with the National Marine Educators Association, for which he is marine science teacher of the year. The Central Park resident also serves as the Grays Harbor County representative on the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary advisory council. So when coastal residents started finding salps this winter they sent Rammer photos.
"I was stumped when I got the first pictures," he said Wednesday. "I had no clue."
He learned about them and had three in his freezer last week to show a KING-TV crew.
A salp is a pelagic tunicate. That means it lives in the open ocean and has a tube-like body that pumps water for locomotion and to filter the plankton on which it feeds. Despite its translucent appearance it's not closely related to jellyfish. It's a chordate, which means it has a spinal cord and is related to vertebrates. Salps can swim singly or in rope-like colonies. They have the ability to reproduce rapidly and can bloom when the plankton supply is rich.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada county has settled lawsuits with two men who said a sheriff's deputy violated their civil rights when they were stopped for speeding on Interstate 80, searched for drugs and forced to forfeit tens of thousands of dollars even though no drugs were found and no charges filed in either case.
The Humboldt County District Attorney's Office also confirmed Friday it has launched an internal review of the county's "forfeiture program" but that there is no indication so far of any wrongdoing.
The men said in lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Reno that they were illegally searched and told they wouldn't be released with their vehicles unless they forfeited their cash.
One man gave up a briefcase full of $50,000 and the other $13,800 and a handgun.
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Monkey Boo Likes Halloween Too
When they invented Halloween products for dogs, they had people like me in mind. They saw me a mile away.
My budget for this year's Halloween decor is tight. I mean stranglehold-tight. And with the exception of a couple purchases for this year's theme, I put myself on a Halloween diet: no spending besides what is on the list.
I've just spent an hour sewing up Monkey Boo's ripped and mangled toys. It wouldn't be so bad, but she likes to eat the cotton stuffing inside. I do my best to repair them, sometimes removing the remaining stuffing before sewing them back up. Her favourite toys have been sewn multiple times, but there were a number that were beyond repair.
I can't deprive my dog of toys, right?
And if she doesn't have these to chew on, then she'll chew up my house, causing more damage and therefore costing me more money in the long run. Am I right or am I right?
Besides that, Miss Boo has outgrown her sweaters (yes, I have a dog that shivers and frets when it's cold outside. No, I am not normally someone who would dress up their dog all the time. But it turns out Boston Terriers are not made for the cold, and I have come to accept that I am one of those people who puts sweaters on their dog). With the temperature dropping, she's already started giving me looks of "I'm not going out there" when I open the door and a cold wind hits us.
Here's where the story gets a bit funny.
As much as I'm not a fan of doggie sweaters, Monkey Boo loves them. And I mean LOVES them. She gets as excited about her walking harness as she does for her sweater.
I didn't realize how much she loves them until I opened the box and pulled out her sweaters. I should preface this: Monkey hasn't seen a sweater for months. She's only had two sweaters in her short life. So I didn't expect her to know what it was when I pulled the new ones out of the box.
She lost her mind. It was like she won the doggie lottery. She took off, running full speed around the house, panting and grinning (she rarely pants). OHHH MYYY GOOOODDD! SWEEEAAAATERS!
When I took the sweater off the little hanger, she could barely sit still, hopping all over the couch. Put it on me! Put it on me!
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Surely right-thinking Floridians are as outraged as I'm pretending to be about some of our tourism boosters.
I mean those Visitors Bureau types now trying to enable foreign scofflaws to diss our sovereign state bureaucracy. How dare they!
As you may know — but certainly didn't when it happened last year — the Florida Legislature quietly passed a new driver's license requirement for foreign visitors. It makes Canadian snowbirds and others pay $25 for an international driving permit. Or, of course, when Canadians drive south for the winter, they could just choose to do their seasonal spending spree in other states.
The law was passed by a Legislature dominated by Republicans, who paint themselves as champions of reducing bureaucracy, especially when it threatens business profits. But those lawmakers never claimed to oppose being a pain in the neck to foreigners, which is different.
Besides, many Florida lawmakers apparently had no idea they voted for this.
The "We-voted-for what?" method of lawmaking is one of Florida's charms. But tourism boosters have no appreciation for that,and insist this surprise new requirement is seriously off-putting to potential visitors. The pro-tourism lobby says we shouldn't rock the boat just when recent increases in Canadian snowbirds and other foreign visitors have been so important to Florida's recovering economy.
Can you believe their priorities?
For those with that crassly commercial focus, luring non-Americans to drive to Florida is all about the $70 billion in spending that alien visitors do in our state, and about the 1 million Florida jobs created.
Crass concerns, as I said. And surely they should not override the right of Florida lawmakers to make visiting the Sunshine State a bureaucratic headache.
By the way, police agencies aren't too sure what to do with this law just now, because it is under legal review as a possible treaty violation. But why worry about international agreements? What's Canada going to do, invade us?
After all, our federal government has long been unconscionably lax about letting Canadian visitors spend their money here almost at will. Isn't it time to take a stand on that?
And another thing: What's with Canucks griping that this law was kept so quiet that they're arriving in Florida unaware of it? Ignorance of laws that even Florida legislators didn't know they voted for is no excuse.
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Kristinn R. Thórisson is Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, Reykjavik University in Iceland. After completing his doctoral studies at the famous MIT Media Lab, Thórisson has gone on to found several companies specializing in AI as well as two separate AI labs in Iceland (CADIA and IIIM). Thorisson leads us on a guided tour of AI since its inception in the 50's, through ages of promise and darkness, to where it's at right now. He also talks about his own research into constructivist AI and where he hopes to see AI in the future, from wide-ranging fields such as simulation or even governance at a national scale.
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Author(s): Keith Thompson
Anthologies, Essays, Literary Studies
1968 was the year the planet went haywire. All around the globe, there were riots and revolution in the streets. There were hard drugs, soft drugs, free love and psychedelic music. There was the shock of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy's assassinations. And dominating every other news story...There was Vietnam. For four gorgeous young women from a remote Aboriginal mission, 1968 was the year that changed their lives forever. Sisters Gail, Julie and Cynthia, together with their cousin Kay, are discovered by Dave, a down-on-his-luck Irish musician with attitude, a taste for Irish Whisky and an ear for Soul Music. Dave steers the girls away from their Country & Western origins then flies them to the war-zones of South Vietnam, where they sing Soul Classics for the American Marines. On tour in the Mekong Delta, the girls sing up a storm, dodge bullets...And fall in love. Inspired by a true story, The Sapphires is a triumphant celebration of youth, courage, love, family and Soul Music.